Just wanted to pop in my own experiences with Nero 7 as well. I too have been experiencing the skipping issue and I quickly learned that it is not an isolated incident. I acknowledge that it is probably some sort of voodoo driver issue that plagues only the people with that magic combination of hardware/software necessary for creating the problem. The fact of the matter is, simply changing the mp3PRO.dll file to an older version fixes the problem with no other observed side-effects thus far. I have scrubbed the net looking for other potential causes to the problem such as ASPI issues (where in the past I have had problems with in Nero), firmware updates, and driver updates. The only solution that worked was the dll swap.

I consider the minor procedure to be rather benign since that dll is only used while running Nero or burning a disc from MP3 (haven't confirmed which yet). The dll is not loaded into memory otherwise. Doing the swap while backing up the old dll becomes a very attractive solution enabling people to effectively use Nero 7 for what the function they bought it for until Ahead gets around to fixing it with a patch. Then we can move on to the remaining bugs that hopefully no one cares about or is affected by.

As a side note: for those of you who have successfully transplanted the dll , have you noticed any differences in the sound quality between dll versions? I think I hear differences between very early versions (2.0.0.3) and more recent ones. Then again, maybe my brain is just toying with me.

Having similar problems with audio, burn to cd and written an image to hd and same fault. Tried Stomp RecordNow Max and burnt fine. Wife burnt a cd on her system which is nowhere near the above spec but more than adequate and exceeds all requirements of the software and skipping occurs on burnt audio discs. Tested again on a Dual Athlon 2800MP system 512MB ATi 9800XT and again same problem. Never occured with any previous version of nero. Personally I am not too fussed as i rarely burn audio cds anyway but thought I'd add my tuppence worth ;)

hi i had the same issue in regards to the skipping, i initially assumed it was an issue with a duplicator i had just purchased, but after reading threads i will try some things that were suggested. Nero 7.0.1.4 was released a few days ago and i will install that one 1st to see if that solves the issue.OS:[Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 (5.1 - 2600)] CPU: [2-Intel Pentium 4, 2392MHz, 512KB (0% Load)]. Uptime: [3days 22hrs 2mins 58secs]. Record Uptime: [2wks 1day 12hrs 10mins 21secs]. Video Card: [ NVIDIA Quadro NVS ]. ScreenInfo: [ 1152x864 32bit 60Hz ]. Total Storage: 1.51TB Total Used: 1.37TB Total Free: 151GBRAM [Usage: 640/2048MB (31.25%) ]. =®EIGN=

i'm having the same problems got nero 7 installed it burned a few disks all of them had the same skip in the same place. so i uninstalled 7 and put 6.2 on and that skipped also so i upgraded it back up to 6.6 and have less problems but for some reason now it'll skip only on the 3rd track of every cd i use. when i burn using my older musicmatch program they all come out fine however i hate usin musicmatch when i have multiple disks i need to make. i'm running on a old computer specs are: 1.6 ghz p4 1 gig ram 240 gig's of hard drive space sony 52x cd burner sony 16x dvd burner

I too am haivng this problem with Nero 7.. Never had it before with any version of Nero 6. I've burned about 4 audio cds, and all of them do it. I've tried burning different speeds, even tried track at once instead of disc at once. It did the same thing. I joined this forum just so I could post this. My hardware is as follows -

I have had this exact same problem for months but it was only by chance last weekend that I happened to read about the mp3pro.dll fix. I downloaded a zip file called mp3PRO.dll_Pack.zip from another forum I think which contains mp3pro.dll, mp3pro_dmo.dll and mp3pro_hlp.dll. The mp3pro.dll version was 2.0.0.11 and works fine without skipping. So does the 2.0.0.10 which is contained in the file you posted. Version 2.0.5.0 and 2.0.5.1 released with Nero 7.0.1.2 and 7.0.1.4 respectively SKIP repeatedly even when played in the Nero playlist.

By the way, the track I am using to test this on is track 9 on Coldplay's X and Y album - Low. It ALWAYS skips at 5:14 with 2.0.5.0 and 2.0.5.1 (amongst other times too) but plays OK with the older versions. A CD written with the newer versions skips at 5:14 too.

I have had the same problem; upgraded to Nero 7 last week and have not gotten a good audio burn yet. Every CD has a skip. All previous burns with Nero 6.x were fine. I googled the description of my problem and found this site.

I have a DELL 2.4GHz machine with the Intel Desktop MoBo with the D845GE chipset. I too have mp3PRO.dll v.2.0.4.8 in my Plugin Folder.

I will try Nero 6's mp3PRO.dll. If it doesn't work I will downgrade to Nero 6 and wait for Ahead to provide a fix. I'll post my findings.

I have just downloaded Nero 7.0.1.4b , and updated my Nero 7.0.1.4 installation. I can confirm that update doesn't resolve the issue of skipping audio CD's. The mp3pro.dll file doesn't get updated at all and remained at version 2.0.5.1.

I have since downloaded mp3pro.dll version 2.0.4.7 from this link, and overwritten the original file located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\AudioPlugins, and I can now burn audio CD's with no skipping.

It should be noted that I had the same issue on another computer with different specs and optical drive, with Nero 7.0.1.4 installed. I uninstalled Nero and installed CDBurnerXP Pro and burned audio discs with no problem. But I caution against having Nero and CDBurnerXP Pro installed on the same machine, as I have previously had BSOD issues with the two pieces of software installed together.